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<em><em></em></em><p align="left">Missionalia <span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">is the journal of the Southern African Missiological Society (SAMS).</span></p>en-US<p>Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:</p><ol><li>Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</a> that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.</li><li>Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.</li><li>Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See <a href="http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html" target="_new">The Effect of Open Access</a>).</li></ol>revebaron@gmail.com (Dr Eugene Baron)scholar@sun.ac.za (Technical Support)Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:55:37 +0200OJS 2.4.8.3http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Editorial 46:1http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/292
Lukwikilu Credo Mangayi, Nelus Niemandt
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http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/292Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:55:32 +0200http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/157
Johannes Mattheus Wessels
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http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/157Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:55:32 +0200Decolonising Development? Re-claiming Biko and a Black Theology of Liberation within the context of Faith Based Organisations in South Africahttp://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/219
<p>An upsurge in interest with regard to the role of religion in development has also seen an increase in the study of Faith Based Organisations (FBO’s). These organisations have been less well studied within the South African context, yet both in light of South African Christianity’s colonial and apartheid past – and the practical challenges that arise within a Global South development context such as northern donors, the cultural relevance of programmes and the tension between justice and charity within a South African context (where the face of poverty is still largely black) they should be the subject of academic inquiry. In light of the latter as well a growing trend within Development Studies with regard to decolonial and post-colonial critiques of development, this paper seeks to argue for the relevance of a both Black Consciousness and a Black Theology of Liberation in challenging and re-positioning the identity, role and practical challenges faced by the FBO within the South African context.</p>Nadine Bowers Du Toit
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http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/219Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:55:33 +0200Moving Against the Tide: Assemblies of God Polity at the Loggerhead with South African Socio and Theo - Cultural Reality.http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/220
<p><span>The arrival of foreign missionaries played some significant roles in the formation of the Assemblies of God (AOG). The new Pentecostal denomination was originally a church of blacks, though under white control. In 1925, the Americans and Europeans in this church organised themselves as South African District of the Assemblies of God, and AOG in America recognised AOG of South Africa as a separate national church in 1932. This article traces how AOG evolved by entrenching a ‘Group” system significantly divided along racial lines. This status quo has marked AOG as a racially divided church regardless of South African socio-cultural and theo-cultural realities in the changing demographics since 1994. This structure is the polity that reflects South African Apartheid legacy of separate development – the compromise between unity and mission.</span></p>Kelebogile Thomas Resane
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http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/220Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:55:33 +0200THE IMPLICATIONS OF ECCLESIOLOGY’S UNDERSTANDING OF CHURCH AND ἐκκλησία FOR THE CURRENT MISSIOLOGYhttp://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/223
This introductory study was initiated by the observation that authors about the church differ in their understanding of and approach to church and ἐκκλησία. An analysis of some authors reveals at least three main trends of ecclesiological approach that have an important influence on church missiology. The study concludes with the defining of important areas of study in both ecclesiology and missiology that can lead to a productive interaction between the modern day church and ἐκκλησία as described in the New Testament.JAN MATHYS DE BEER
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http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/223Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:55:34 +0200Temple symbolism and mission in the pauline churcheshttp://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/212
<p>This study explores the role of temple symbolism in the mission of the Pauline churches. It is theoretically informed by Beale’s (2004) and most recently Wright’s (2013) claim that Genesis 1:28 and 2 should serve as “the controlling paradigm” for mission. Taking the Garden of Eden as an archetypal temple, a ‘cosmic mount’ that provides a microcosmic portrayal of the cosmos, Beale and Wright don’t discuss important concerns about the ‘cosmic mount’ theory. This study addresses these concerns, providing an alternative interpretation that emphasizes the contextual nature of temple symbolism.</p>Leendert Brouwer
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http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/212Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:55:35 +0200To Cover the Many Sins of Galamsey Mininghttp://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/274
<p class="EE-Bodytext">This contribution calls attention to the environmental impact of mining in general and of galamsey mining in Ghana in particular as a theme for <em>theological</em> (and not merely ethical or pastoral) reflection. This topic is approached by placing it in juxtaposition with Christian discourse on sin, understood as a form of social diagnostics. By recovering the category of sin, this contribution seeks uncover the many sins of galamsey mining in the hope that such a prophetic critique will expose any ideological or idolatrous “cover-ups” but will nevertheless be “covered” by the gospel of the forgiveness of sin (see James 5:19-20.</p>Ernst M. Conradie
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http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/274Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:55:35 +0200Standing where God stands: JNJ Kritzinger as an encountering missionary and missiologisthttp://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/278
This article is written in order to pay tribute to one of the unsung heroes in the field of Mission and Missiology in South Africa, Johannes Nicolaas Jacobus Kritzinger. As a student of David Bosch, Klippies has always lived under his shadow. The same applies to his theology and praxes thereof. This article is aimed at providing an appraisal of Klippies’s theology in the public square as an encountering missionary and missiology whose transforming encounters impacted and changed the lives of many South Africans, Africans, and others in the global community. In the praxes of theology, Klippies chose to stand where God stands by not only fighting against the oppressive system of apartheid but also standing with the poor and marginalised, especially black South Africans.Derrick Mashau
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http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/278Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:55:35 +0200THE DECOLONISATION OF THE MIND AND BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS COMMUNITY PROJECTS BY THE LIMPOPO COUNCIL OF CHURCHEShttp://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/270
<p><em>The article is a narrative account of examples of community projects of the Black Consciousness Movement as part of an attempt to decolonise the black mind as undertaken by the South African Council of Churches (SACC) in the former Northern Transvaal of South Africa (now the Limpopo province). During the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, this area was regarded as the most conservative Afrikaner settlement as reported in The New York Times of 25 April 1991. The article recounts the role played by the SACC in solidarity with the victims of apartheid on route to the decolonisation of the black mind. It briefly starts by describing the concept of the colonisation of the mind and then locates the philosophy of Black Consciousness as an appropriate response to the process of decolonising the black mind. The article relies on archival material from the Limpopo Council of Churches as its primary source.</em><em></em></p>Thias Kgatla
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http://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/270Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:55:36 +0200The dynamics of multicultural Youth Ministry in a changing South Africahttp://missionalia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/275
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Culturally diverse youth ministry is increasingly becoming the new and important reality concerning ministering to adolescents within a Christian community context within South Africa and beyond. Youth ministries have the challenge and responsibility at the same time to effectively work with culturally diverse young people. This article reports on the findings of a qualitative research carried out on a local church in Pretoria, South Africa. This research provided meaningful insight within the practical theological realm as the current South African literature regarding multicultural youth ministry is somewhat limited. It highlights that multiculturalism is imperative in local congregations and that youth ministries may need to adjust their approach as they work with different cultures in a changing South Africa.</span></p>Alex Strecker, Marilyn Naidoo
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